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# Skandapurana 17.8.20

Skandapurāṇa 17.8.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.8.20)

anādinidhano devo bahuśīrṣo mahābhujaḥ ..  
ityādivedavacanaistatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ ..  
prāha brahmanvaraṃ yatte vṛṇīṣva manasi sthitam .. 7.2.8.20 ..

> \[saying\]: 'The God without beginning or end, many-headed, mighty-armed'— / with these and other Vedic words. Then Maheśvara, pleased, / said: 'O Brahmā, choose a boon that resides in your mind.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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